Improvement in barrel-covers



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No. 207,517. Patented Aug. 27,.1878..

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No. 207,517. Patented Aug-211878.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM B. HARTLEY AND PETER P. LITTLE, OF WASHINGTON, D. 0.

lM PROVEMENT IN BARREL-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,517, dated August 27, 1878; application filed August 14, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WM. B. HARTLEY and PETER P. LITTLE, of Washington, in the county of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel Covers and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in barrel-covers and consists in the employment ofa wire-gauze or a cover formed of wire in two sections, one being stationary and the other movable, for the purpose of more fully protecting the contents of the barrel when such things are displayed or shown for the purpose of sale, 850., in which- Figure l is a perspective view Fig. 2, a sectional view taken on the line mm, Fig. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the hook or fastening.

Similarletters of reference denote like parts in the several figures.

A is the stationary part of the cover, and B the movable or hinged part, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) they having rings or hoops a b, to which are secured rods 0 c c 0 c 0 running at right angles to the others.

0 is the barrel, to which the cover is attached by means of the hook shown in Fig. 3. The ring or hoop b of the cover and the rod 0 have lugs l) secured thereto, with holes made in them, through which a screw-bolt, F, passes, for the purpose of fastening or lockin the cover on the barrel and locking the front or forwardend of the movable section to the permanent one of the cover.

F is a hook coiled around the lower ring or hoop b of the cover, the pointed or sharp end running down through the cover and inside of the barrel, and catches within the croze f. The other end of the hook overlaps the barrel on the outside, thus holding together with the screw-bolt aforesaid the cover firmly and securely to said barrel.

Operation: WVhenever it is necessary to take the cover off at any time, it can be done easily by raising the sharp end of the hook out of the croze and withdrawing the screw-bolt, and it is detached. It will thus be seen that the lid or movable section of the cover must be unlocked by the screw-bolt before the cover can be removed from the barrel.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the cover A B, rings or hoops to I), rods 0 c c 0, barrel 0, screw-bolt E, lugs D D, and hook F, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WM. B. HARTLEY. PETER P. LITTLE. Witnesses ALEX. DODGE, J AS. A. TAIT. 

